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Paraplegic Licensed Gun Owner Dies in New Zealand Police Shoot-out
30 June 2009
New Zealand Press Association
Police are to investigate the circumstances in which paraplegic gunman Shayne Sime, killed in a shoot-out with police in Christchurch last night, obtained his firearms licence.
Detective Superintendent Brett Kane said Mr Sime had been licensed since 2006 to own sporting shotguns and rifles.
He had a criminal history but his last conviction was in 1990 and most of his convictions were for "alcohol-related offending", Mr Kane told TV One's Close Up last night.
He... (GunPolicy.org)